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[MeowWow 14]

Yeah lol

So does the U.K. schooling system go up to 18 if it's based on age?

[Novayon 192]

Yeah, but "school" is up to 16, and then to 18 you have to be in some form of education, but that can be more open like an apprenticeship

Although when I did it it was only up to 16 mandatory

[MeowWow 14]

Oh wow

[Novayon 192]

Changed recently

[MeowWow 14]

So you graduated when you were 16/17?

Sry if my questions are dumb, I really don't know much about this subject

[Novayon 192]

It's alright ? . Yeah I finished school at 16 however I chose to continue education "A levels" until 18, then I went to Uni after that

You can do A levels at the same secondary school if they have a program, or you can move to a different school or college

Or you can do a different award rather than A level like Btec

[MeowWow 14]

I know for us, for your last two years of high school, you can take some college classes along with your high school classes. The college class will substitute a credit you need to graduate. That is, if you happen to have a community college near your school...

[Marluxia#4918 9]

Wait so you finish after GCSEs?

[Novayon 192]

So do you have to go to 18?

[Marluxia#4918 9]

You don't have to do A levels?

[Novayon 192]

When I did it we were allowed to finish after GCSEs, we could go get a job if we want

But that's changed now

You have to do some form of education until 18

[Marluxia#4918 9]

We basically have to do our equivalent here. I mean you can drop out but it's not like you are really considered finished? Like Secondary school is usually 6 years for us in which you do both JC and LC(The equivalent to the GCSEs and A levels)

[Marluxia#4918 9]

Ah ok

Cause the JC and LC are something we've always kind of had to do unless there was some personal reason why you couldn't. Like money or family.

[Novayon 192]

Oh, weird. Having to do LC, if it's anything like A level, sounds bad

A levels were shitty

[Marluxia#4918 9]

LC is just a lot of stress that eventually becomes worthless once you have some kind of degree.

You do 6 subjects I think A levels is less

but I'm not sure

[Novayon 192]

A level is 3-4

They push you to do 4, but my science teachers were all urging to only do 3

I trusted them more than the admin peeps

[Marluxia#4918 9]

Do you do big projects for each one?

[Novayon 192]

Not really, it was exams mostly, a couple of courseworks here and there

You have to do projects?

[Marluxia#4918 9]

No I was just wondering. We are the same Exams and Coursework. Although if you do a subject like history you do have to do A history project

Maths, Irish and English are compulsory unless you are exempt from Irish and they always push you to do one Science and one other language

[Novayon 192]

Ouch

Compulsory sounds dumb

We got to choose whatever

[Marluxia#4918 9]

But the annoying thing is is that they never do career guidance till after you choose your subjects so pushing people to do subjects like that isn't always good because they may never need them

[Novayon 192]

Yeah

[Marluxia#4918 9]

However if you do transition year you get to go to some college events but it's usually one or two.

So you can sometimes get some idea

[Novayon 192]

GCSE level English and Maths should be the only compulsory really

[Marluxia#4918 9]

Oh at JC all our subjects are basically chosen for us except the second language